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‘Doctor Who’ Regenerates: How Ncuti Gatwa’s Historic Casting, Russell T Davies’ Return and a Disney+ Deal Revolutionized the Franchise
《神秘博士》重生:舒提历史性的选角、RTD的回归以及与迪士尼+的订单如何彻底改变了该剧When Ncuti Gatwa makes his first appearance as the 15th Doctor in the science-fiction series “Doctor Who,” he isn’t wearing any pants.
当Ncuti Gatwa在科幻剧《神秘博士》中首次以第 15 任博士身份亮相时,他没有穿裤子。In a 60th-anniversary special released in December, the previous Doctor — played by series icon David Tennant — subverts the show’s long-standing practice of regeneration: Instead of simply transforming into the next Doctor, he literally splits in half, bringing Gatwa’s Doctor into the world alongside him. In the process, the two divide the clothes of Tennant’s Doctor between them, leaving Gatwa in nothing but a dress shirt and a pair of tighty-whities.
在 12 月发布的 60 周年特辑中,前任博士(由大卫·田纳特饰演)颠覆了该剧长期以来的重生实践:他没有简单地转变为下一位博士,而是分裂成两半,将舒提的博士与自己一起带入世界。在此过程中,两人各自拥有了一半原本第14任博士的衣服,舒提只穿了一件正装衬衫和紧身裤。“Oh, my God, that first costume fitting!” Gatwa says, bursting into an infectious fit of laughter. It’s a frequent occurrence as he speaks with Variety on a chilly March day over lemon ginger tea at the Langham hotel in London. “I was like, ‘Are you joking?!’ They showed me a pair of [underwear] and they were like” — he claps his hands as if to say “Voilà!”
“哦,天啊,试穿第一套服装的时候!”舒提说道,他爆发出富有感染力的笑声,这种情况经常发生。在寒冷的三月天,他在伦敦朗廷酒店喝着柠檬姜茶接受 Variety 采访时。 “我当时想,‘你在开玩笑吗?!’他们给我展示了一条[内裤],他们就像”——他拍了拍手演示道,好像在说“瞧啊!”In addition to the whole no-pants thing, Gatwa was just a little bit star-struck: Tennant, who played the part from 2005 to 2010, was the Doctor he’d grown up with, inspiring him to become an actor in the first place.
除了整个“不穿裤子”的事情之外,舒提身上还有些明星效应:DT在 2005 年至 2010 年期间扮演了这个角色,舒提是看着DT的博士长大的,这激励了他成为一名演员。“To play this role beside him, who played this role which made me want to do this role, and him also being there — it was so many layers of full circle,” Gatwa says. “And on top of it, you’re wearing no pants! There was so much going on that day.”
“在他身边扮演这个角色,他扮演的这个角色让我想要扮演这个角色,而且他也在场——这是一个完整的循环,”舒提说。 “而且最重要的是,我没穿裤子!那天发生了很多事情。”It was an apt entrance for Gatwa, whose bubbly, fearless personality shone through in his breakout performance as the effervescent Eric on Netflix’s “Sex Education” and as “artist Ken” in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” It also marks a new era for the beloved “Doctor Who,” with series stalwart Russell T Davies returning as showrunner, writer and executive producer.
这对于舒提来说是一个恰当的入口,他在 Netflix的《性教育》中饰演了热情洋溢的Eric以及在格蕾塔·葛韦格的电影《芭比》中饰演了“艺术家肯”,在他的突破性表演中展现了他活泼、无所畏惧的个性。这也标志着深受喜爱的《神秘博士》进入了一个新时代,该剧的坚定支持者RTD将回归担任剧集主管、编剧和执行制片人。Since premiering in 1963, the seminal show has become part of the fabric of British culture, reaching across generations and prompting many a dinner-table argument about which Doctor is the best. The original series went off the air in 1989 after seven actors played the role, with an eighth appearing in a 1996 TV movie that failed to reignite excitement in the franchise. Then Davies ushered “Doctor Who” into the modern age in 2005, extending its episode lengths, giving it a sleek new look and crafting story arcs that extended throughout each season. Taking the reins was a dream for Davies, who says the show is “not only my first memory of television, but my first memory of life.”
自 1963 年首播以来,这部影响深远的剧已成为英国文化的一部分,影响了几代人,并引发了许多餐桌上关于“哪任博士最棒”的争论。旧版剧集由七位演员扮演该角色,后于 1989 年停播,第八位演员出现在 1996 年的一部电视电影中,但未能重新点燃该剧。随后,RTD在 2005 年将《神秘博士》带入现代,延长了剧集长度,赋予其时尚的新外观,并精心设计了贯穿每一季的故事情节。接掌神秘博士是RTD的梦想,他说这部剧“不仅是我对电视的第一个记忆,也是我人生的第一个记忆”。With Christopher Eccleston as the ninth Doctor, followed by Tennant as the 10th, Davies took the series out of its cult-y niche as a British curiosity. With his relaunch, “Doctor Who” transformed into an international hit (with multiple spinoffs), as well as a star-making machine. In addition to Eccleston and Tennant, who have become two of the U.K.’s greatest acting exports, “Doctor Who” has helped launch the careers of Billie Piper, Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and even Carey Mulligan, who had a small role in the now-classic 2007 episode “Blink.” After Davies’ departure in 2010 — Tennant was also leaving and Davies says he “had muscles to flex” in the adult drama space — the show continued to build on his foundation, with the most recent lead (prior to Tennant’s anniversary-special return) being Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to play the Doctor.
Ncuti Gatwa 饰演博士,图片由迪士尼+提供
Christopher Eccleston饰演第九任博士,Tennant担任第十任博士,RTD将该剧带出了它作为英国奇趣之物的小众领域。随着他的重新推出,《神秘博士》变成了一部国际热门影片(有多个衍生剧),同时也是一台造星机器。除了CE和DT成为英国最伟大的两位演技派外,《神秘博士》还帮助开启了比莉·派佩、马特·史密斯、凯伦·吉兰甚至凯瑞·穆里根的职业生涯,后者曾经在《神秘博士》2007 年的经典剧集《Blink》中扮演了一个小角色。2010 年RTD离开后,DT也跟着离开了,RTD说他在成人剧领域“还有肌肉可以发挥”,该剧继续在他的时期的基础上发展,并带来了最近最新的主角(在DT回归周年特辑之前)Jodie Whittaker是第一位扮演博士的女性。Now, with Davies back at the helm, Gatwa is making history as the first openly queer Black actor to take on the role of the core Doctor.
现在,随着RTD重新掌舵,舒提正在创造历史,成为第一位公开扮演核心博士角色的黑人酷儿演员。“Do you know what? It makes perfect sense to me,” Gatwa, who was born in Rwanda and raised in Scotland, says of his casting. “I feel like anyone that has a problem with someone who’s not a straight white man playing this character, you’re not really, truly a fan of the show. You’ve not been watching! Because the show is about regeneration, and the Doctor is an alien — why would they only choose to be this sort of person?”
“你知道吗?这对我来说非常有意义,”在卢旺达出生、在苏格兰长大的舒提说道,他谈到了自己的选角。“我觉得,如果有人对扮演这个角色的演员不是白人直男有意见,那你真的不算是这个节目的粉丝。你根本就没有好好看剧!因为这部剧讲的是重生,博士是个外星人——博士凭什么只选择重生为那么单一的一种人呢?”Davies echoes that logic: “They weren’t exactly the straightest men in the past.” A trailblazer of LGBTQ television, Davies created the original “Queer as Folk” in 1999 and 2021’s “It’s a Sin.” And about how Gatwa’s Doctor is different, he says: “You’re talking about someone who does have a lightness and a joy about him that, to me, chimes with queer energy. It’s very rarely driving the story vehemently, but you will see moments exploring it. We’re not delivering a neutered Doctor.”
RTD也表达了相同的内容:“博士过去也并不完全是传统意义上的直男。”作为 LGBTQ 电视节目的先锋,RTD于 1999 年创作了原创剧《同志亦凡人》,并于 2021 年创作了《这是罪》。谈到舒提的博士与众不同的地方,他说:“你在谈论一个具有轻盈和快乐特质的人,对我来说,这与酷儿能量很契合。这种能量很少会强烈驱动故事,但你会看到探索这一点的时刻。我们不会呈现一个被削弱特质的博士。”While the Doctor’s sexuality has never been labeled, in Gatwa’s first episode as the lead — “The Church on Ruby Road,” which premiered as the traditional “Doctor Who” Christmas special — viewers see him dancing in a kilt and referencing his “long, hot summer with Harry Houdini.” And though Davies insists he didn’t set out to be revolutionary in casting the next Doctor — “We auditioned men, women, Black, white, nonbinary actors and actors whose sexuality was their own private matter” — he says these are “exactly the type of barriers I like to break.”
尽管博士的性取向从未被标签化,但在舒提作为主角的第一集中——《Ruby路上的教堂》,该集作为传统的《神秘博士》圣诞特辑首映——观众看到他穿着苏格兰短裙跳舞,并提到了他“与胡迪尼一起度过漫长而炎热的夏天。”尽管RTD坚称,他在选角下一位博士时并没有打算采取颠覆性的做法——“我们试镜了男性、女性、黑人、白人、酷儿演员以及没有公开性取向的演员”——他说这些“正是我喜欢突破的障碍”。“It’s very hard for anyone to stop me doing these things,” he continues. “You’d have to be a pretty brave executive to say, ‘Don’t go there’ to me. I’m sure there are people thinking that, but I wouldn’t work with them, would I?”
“任何人都很难阻止我做这些事情,”他继续说道。 “你必须是一位非常勇敢的高管,才能对我说‘不要这样做’。我知道肯定有人会这么想,但我不会和他们一起工作,不是吗?”Davies, a self-professed “Doctor Who” super fan, says he never stopped watching the show after he handed it over to Steven Moffat. He even initiated “tweet-alongs” to fan-favorite episodes during the COVID lockdown, enlisting Tennant and Catherine Tate, who had played one of the Doctor’s “companions” — someone always keeps the Doctor company in the Tardis, the show’s time-traveling machine — during Tennant’s tenure. When the two said they’d be open to returning to the show, which coincided with 13th Doctor Whittaker leaving, Davies pitched a 60th-anniversary special featuring Tennant and Tate to the BBC.
RTD说他是《神秘博士》的超级粉丝,他表示,自从把这部剧交给魔法特后,他就从未停止观看该剧。他甚至在新冠疫情封锁期间参加了对粉丝最喜欢的剧集的“来推特一起追剧”活动,邀请了曾扮演博士和“同伴”之一的DT和CT——有人总是在剧中的时间旅行机器TARDIS中陪伴着博士——在DT任职期间。当两人表示愿意重返节目时,在第 13 任博士JW离开之际,RTD向BBC推介了由DT和CT主演的 60 周年特辑。The broadcaster not only said yes, but asked Davies whether he’d want to reinvent the show once again, this time with a worldwide streaming partner. The BBC had found one in Disney+, where the new season will release worldwide on May 10 at 7 p.m. ET — excluding the U.K., where it will launch May 11 at midnight GMT on BBC iPlayer and air that night on BBC One. (A choice that’s maddened some British Whovians, who — if they don’t want to stay up past their bedtimes — will have to wait until the next morning to stream new episodes as they dodge spoilers.)
BBC负责人不仅答应了,还询问RTD是否愿意再次改造该剧,这次,是与全球流媒体合作伙伴合作。 BBC找到了Disney+,新一季将于 5 月 10 日东部时间晚上 7 点在全球上映。 但不包括英国,该剧在英国将于格林尼治标准时间 5 月 11 日午夜在 BBC iPlayer 上推出,并于当晚在 BBC One 上播出。 (这个选择让一些英国胡粉抓狂,如果他们不想熬夜超过就寝时间,就必须等到第二天早上观看新剧集,以免剧透。)The new iteration was given a two-season order, and Davies says it feels like such a fresh start that he has “the urge to call it Season 1,” despite the series’ 60-plus-year history. “It’s a new show,” he says.
新版签下了两季的订单,RTD表示,这感觉像是一个全新的开始,以至于他“有一种冲动将其称为第一季”,尽管该剧已有 60 多年的历史。 “这是一个全新的展现,”他说。Davies had admired franchises like “Star Trek” and “Star Wars” making the leap to streaming, and jumped at the chance to bring “Doctor Who” to a global audience — and with that transition, to give the show a higher production value. Integral to that was Bad Wolf, the production company founded by industry veterans Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter, with whom he had worked on his first iteration of “Doctor Who.” In 2017, Bad Wolf opened Wolf Studios Wales in Cardiff, which boasts 140,000 square feet of space across seven soundstages.
《神秘博士》剧集主管拉塞尔·T·戴维斯,由迪士尼摄影师雷伯米斯顿拍摄
RTD很欣赏《星际迷航》和《星球大战》等系列电影向流媒体领域的飞跃,并抓住了将《神秘博士》带给全球观众的机会,并通过这一转变赋予该剧更高的制作价值。其中不可或缺的是恶狼公司,这家制作公司由行业资深人士Julie Gardner和Jane Tranter创立,她们曾和RTD一起制作了《神秘博士》的新版第一季。 2017 年,恶狼公司在卡迪夫开设了威尔士恶狼工作室,占地 140,000 平方英尺,拥有七个摄影棚。“I want every person in the world to watch ‘Doctor Who,’” Gardner says of the power of Disney+. “We can just get bigger and get better reach, and it feels like exactly where ‘Doctor Who’ should be.”
“我希望世界上每个人都能观看《神秘博士》,”Gardner谈到迪士尼+的力量时说道。 “我们可以做得更大,覆盖范围更广,感觉《神秘博士》就应该如此。”And of course, with the Disney+ partnership came an elevated budget. Neither Davies nor the streamer will reveal exactly how much it is, though Davies has denied previous £10-million-per-episode rumors.
当然,与迪士尼+的合作带来了更高的预算。RTD和这家流媒体公司都不会透露确切的预算金额,不过RTD否认了之前每集 1000 万英镑的传言。“It’s not going to be a ‘Star Wars’ budget, and do you know what? Neither should it be,” he says. “Because I do think, with no offense to anyone, if money disappeared tomorrow, we’d [still] make the best episode of ‘Doctor Who’ ever.”
“不会有《星球大战》那样的预算,你知道吗?也不应该有,”他说。 “因为我确实认为,无意冒犯任何人,如果明天这笔钱消失了,我们仍然能够制作出《神秘博士》有史以来最好的一集。”With production locked in, only one task remained: finding the perfect Doctor to usher in the show’s new chapter.
制作锁定后,只剩下一个任务:寻找完美的博士来开启该剧的新篇章。Gatwa was the last person to audition for the role back in January 2022. After the production had seen around 20 actors — and believed it had found its new lead — casting director Andy Pryor called Gatwa’s agent.
舒提是最后一位试镜该角色的人选,时间是2022年1月。剧组在看了大约 20 名演员的试镜后,相信已经找到了新的主角,选角导演Andy Pryor给舒提的经纪人打了电话。“We think we’ve got them, but, like, rogue choice, we just want to see Ncuti,” Gatwa says, reenacting the phone conversation. “Do you think he’d be up for it?”
“我们认为我们已经找到了演员,但是,就像狂野选择一样,我们只是想看看舒提,”舒提说道,他重演了一下当时的电话交谈。 “你认为舒提能接受吗?”Indeed, he would: Just the week before, Gatwa had texted his agent that he’d love to play “a character like Doctor Who or Willy Wonka.”
事实上,舒提愿意:就在那之前的一周,舒提就给他的经纪人发了短信说他很想扮演神秘博士或威利·旺卡这样的角色”。“I was like, this is manifestation, man,” Gatwa says, still looking astonished. To prepare, he rewatched all of Davies’ episodes. “In that week, I became a die-hard fan.”
“我当时想,这就是美梦成真,伙计,”舒提说道,看上去仍然很惊讶。为了做好准备,他重新观看了RTD时期的所有剧集。 “那周我是超级铁杆粉丝。”During the audition, Davies, who read with each potential Doctor, was blown away. “I actually wanted to put down the script and say, ‘You’ve got the part,’” he says. “I literally knew then.”
在试镜过程中,与每位潜在博士演员一起通读剧本的RTD都被震撼了。 “我实际上想放下剧本并说,‘你得到了这个角色,’”他说。 “我当时就知道了。”Davies wasn’t alone in that opinion. “I have never seen an audition tape, and I suspect I probably never will, which had more conviction, more star quality, more talent in it than Ncuti’s,” producer Tranter says. “For me, it was the audition of a lifetime.”
RTD并不是唯一一个持这种观点的人。 “我从来没有看过别的试镜带能够比舒提的更有说服力,更有明星品质,更有才华,而且我怀疑这件事也后无来者,”制片人Tranter说。 “对我来说,这是一生难忘的试镜。”And every Doctor needs a companion. No. 15’s is Ruby Sunday, played by former “Coronation Street” star Millie Gibson. In the series, the spunky Mancunian teen’s search for her birth parents helps to bolster her friendship with the orphan Doctor. Today at the Langham, Gibson is dressed, fittingly, in a ruby red Comme des Garçons cardigan and matching Mary Janes as she recalls her audition with Gatwa.
每个博士都需要一个同伴。第15任博士的同伴是Ruby Sunday,由前《加冕街》明星演员米莉·吉布森饰演。在该剧中,这位勇敢的曼彻斯特青少年寻找她的亲生父母的过程有助于加强她与孤儿博士的友谊。今天在朗廷酒店,吉布森回忆起自己在舒提的试镜时,身着红宝石色 Comme des Garçons 开衫,搭配玛丽珍鞋。“It was surreal, because I remember watching you get announced at the BAFTAs in my bedroom, being like, ‘Oh, that’s a lovely choice,’” Gibson tells Gatwa as he lets out a belt of laughter — which then conjures another memory in Gibson. “I’ll always remember being in the waiting room for my audition and just hearing your laugh and being like, ‘Mm, there it is! There we go.’”
“这太超现实了,因为我记得自己曾经在卧室里看过你在BAFTA奖上被宣布获奖,我就想,‘哦,这是一个可爱的选择,’”吉布森一边笑一边告诉舒提——这让我想起了另一个记忆吉布森。 “我永远记得在等待室试镜时听到你的笑声,然后说,‘嗯,就在那里!我们就这样吧。’”Gibson calls their chemistry read “magic,” though she recalls thinking, “Is he just like that with everyone because he’s really charismatic?”
吉布森称他们的化学反应是“神奇的”,尽管她回忆道,“他对每个人都这样,是因为他真的很有魅力吗?”No, the feeling was mutual.
不,这种感觉是相互的。“I knew where I wanted to take the character of the Doctor as soon as you walked in the room,” Gatwa says. “I was like, ‘Now the characterization is complete. This was the missing piece.’”
“当你走进房间时,我就知道我想把博士这个角色带到哪里,”舒提说。 “我当时想,‘现在人物描述已经完成了。这就是缺失的部分。’”Gatwa’s guiding word for his Doctor became “compassion” — a choice that aligned with Davies’ vision of the character being more emotionally free than in the past. “A Doctor of old is someone who traditionally would be more closed, a little bit more aloof,” Davies says. “Then completely by chance I cast the man who couldn’t hide an emotion if he tried.”
舒提对他的博士的指导词变成了“同情心”——这一选择符合RTD的愿景,即该角色比过去在情感上更加自由。 “过去,传统的博士情感会更加封闭,更加淡漠,”戴维斯说。 “然后完全出于偶然,我选选择了这个即使努力也无法隐藏情感的人。”Indeed, viewers saw Gatwa’s Doctor shed tears in the Christmas special — something Davies hopes will connect with the show’s younger audience.
事实上,观众在圣诞特辑中看到了小15流下了眼泪——RTD希望这能与该剧的年轻观众产生共鸣。“The one thing I keep seeing now is the fragility of the mental health of young people. It’s like there’s a nervousness about in the air now,” he says. “So that’s the hero I wanted for them. If that younger audience is feeling so much, I wanted the Doctor to feel it on-screen as well.”
“我现在不断看到的一件事是年轻人脆弱的心理健康。现在空气中总是弥漫着紧张的气氛,”他说。 “这就是我想要的英雄。如果年轻观众有如此丰富的感受,我希望屏幕上的博士也能体会到这些情感。”Along with patented “Doctor Who” adventures that Whovians will love and monsters new and old, the new season will feature an homage to the Beatles and an episode Davies describes as “Welsh folk-horror.” But this latest revival hasn’t been without bumps in the road. In January, Gatwa was spotted filming an episode for the upcoming second season with new cast member Varada Sethu, seemingly playing the companion, which led to reports that Gibson would be leaving the show. Turns out — as it was officially announced earlier this month — that Gibson is sticking around, and Sethu is joining the cast as another companion in Season 2. (“This is the unfortunate thing about filming in public,” Davies laments.)
除了《神秘博士》的专利冒险和新旧怪物之外,新一季还将向披头士乐队致敬,并推出RTD之为“威尔士民间恐怖”的一集。但最近的复兴之路并非一帆风顺。一月份,有人发现舒提正在与新演员Varada Sethu一起拍摄即将到来的第二季的一集,似乎扮演同伴,这导致有报道称吉布森将离开该剧。结果——正如本月早些时候官方宣布的那样——吉布森将留下来,而新演员Sethu将作为第二季的另一位搭档加入剧组。(“这是在公共场合拍摄的不幸之处,”RTD感叹道。)“It was a little bit of a misunderstanding,” Gibson says. “But I’m very much in Season 2.”
“那件事有点误解,”吉布森说。 “但我绝对有积极参与第二季的拍摄。”“Doctor’s not letting this one go,” Gatwa says, chiming in. “That’s what the show is, isn’t it? There’s always new actors coming in and doing different things.”
“博士不会放手的,”舒提插话道,“这就是这部剧的意义,不是吗?总是有新演员加入、并带来一些新的事情。”And although Gatwa’s groundbreaking casting was met with much praise, there were, of course, some haters. Gatwa’s message to the naysayers is simple: “Don’t watch. Turn off the TV. Go and touch grass, please, for God’s sake.”
尽管舒提开创性的选角赢得了很多赞誉,但显然还是有一些人跳出来反对。舒提向反对者传达的信息很简单:“别看了。关掉电视。看在老天的份上,出去走走,接触接触大自然吧。”Then there’s the criticism that “Doctor Who” is a show that appeals to children — and that a queer actor playing the Doctor will reach more kids than ever with its new home on Disney+, which is a disturbing idea to homophobes. Davies sees the show’s wider reach as an opportunity to open people’s minds.
还有人批评说《神秘博士》是一部吸引儿童的节目,而扮演博士的酷儿演员将通过迪士尼+这个新平台去吸引比以往更多的孩子,这令恐同者们不安。RTD认为该剧的更广泛影响力是让人们开放思想的机会。“I think if you’re 6 years old, you don’t care — not at all,” he says. “But nonetheless, as the world darkens — and I do think the world is darkening around queer rights — there is a joy and a celebration, and there’s a community. Whether you’re 12 years old and just beginning to work out who you are, 62 years old and you’ve never been who you are, or 61 years old like I am and beginning to worry about where we are in society — there is a hero out there cutting his way through the universe, looking damn good in his suits and doing it with a laugh and a smile.”
“我认为,如果你只有 6 岁,你根本都不会在意这些,”他说。 “但尽管如此,随着世界现状变得愈发黑暗——我确实认为围绕为酷儿争取基本权利的世界正在变得黑暗——然而在酷儿权利问题上,还有着这样积极的团结的氛围存在,人们共同庆祝和支持彼此。无论你是 12 岁,刚刚开始认识自身,还是62 岁,从来都还没能做过自己,还是像我一样 61 岁,开始担心我们自己在社会中的处境 – 都有一位英雄在宇宙中开辟出一条道路,穿着西装、好看极了,并且带着欢笑和微笑地做着自己。”For Gatwa, Tennant has been a “guiding therapist father figure,” advising him about “the things to read, and the things not to read.”
对于舒提来说,DT一直是“父亲般的指导治疗师形象”,为他提供了“哪些内容该读和哪些内容不该读”的建议。As for how long this new era of “Doctor Who” will last? Gatwa says he’s “not going anywhere soon,” and Davies adds that he’s “already making plans” beyond the initial two-season order. No matter where this foray into the Whoniverse goes, Davies is sure of one thing: In Gatwa, a star has been born.
至于《神秘博士》的这个新时代能持续多久?舒提表示,自己“不会很快离开”,RTD补充说,除了最初的两季订单外,他“已经制定了计划”。无论进入神秘博士宇宙的哪个方向,RTD都确信一件事:对于舒提来说,一颗明星已经诞生。“I can sit here utterly certain that in five years’ time he’ll be leading a movie franchise and security will be holding me back as I go, ‘He promised me a ticket!’” Davies says with a chuckle.
“我坐在这里完全可以肯定,五年后他将主演一部电影,而保安会拦住我,我会大喊,‘他答应过给我一张票的!’”RTD笑着说。 -
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‘Doctor Who’ Regenerates: How Ncuti Gatwa’s Historic Casting, Russell T Davies’ Return and a Disney+ Deal Revolutionized the Franchise
《神秘博士》重生:舒提历史性的选角、RTD的回归以及与迪士尼+的订单如何彻底改变了该剧When Ncuti Gatwa makes his first appearance as the 15th Doctor in the science-fiction series “Doctor Who,” he isn’t wearing any pants.
当Ncuti Gatwa在科幻剧《神秘博士》中首次以第 15 任博士身份亮相时,他没有穿裤子。In a 60th-anniversary special released in December, the previous Doctor — played by series icon David Tennant — subverts the show’s long-standing practice of regeneration: Instead of simply transforming into the next Doctor, he literally splits in half, bringing Gatwa’s Doctor into the world alongside him. In the process, the two divide the clothes of Tennant’s Doctor between them, leaving Gatwa in nothing but a dress shirt and a pair of tighty-whities.
在 12 月发布的 60 周年特辑中,前任博士(由大卫·田纳特饰演)颠覆了该剧长期以来的重生实践:他没有简单地转变为下一位博士,而是分裂成两半,将舒提的博士与自己一起带入世界。在此过程中,两人各自拥有了一半原本第14任博士的衣服,舒提只穿了一件正装衬衫和紧身裤。“Oh, my God, that first costume fitting!” Gatwa says, bursting into an infectious fit of laughter. It’s a frequent occurrence as he speaks with Variety on a chilly March day over lemon ginger tea at the Langham hotel in London. “I was like, ‘Are you joking?!’ They showed me a pair of [underwear] and they were like” — he claps his hands as if to say “Voilà!”
“哦,天啊,试穿第一套服装的时候!”舒提说道,他爆发出富有感染力的笑声,这种情况经常发生。在寒冷的三月天,他在伦敦朗廷酒店喝着柠檬姜茶接受 Variety 采访时。 “我当时想,‘你在开玩笑吗?!’他们给我展示了一条[内裤],他们就像”——他拍了拍手演示道,好像在说“瞧啊!”In addition to the whole no-pants thing, Gatwa was just a little bit star-struck: Tennant, who played the part from 2005 to 2010, was the Doctor he’d grown up with, inspiring him to become an actor in the first place.
除了整个“不穿裤子”的事情之外,舒提身上还有些明星效应:DT在 2005 年至 2010 年期间扮演了这个角色,舒提是看着DT的博士长大的,这激励了他成为一名演员。“To play this role beside him, who played this role which made me want to do this role, and him also being there — it was so many layers of full circle,” Gatwa says. “And on top of it, you’re wearing no pants! There was so much going on that day.”
“在他身边扮演这个角色,他扮演的这个角色让我想要扮演这个角色,而且他也在场——这是一个完整的循环,”舒提说。 “而且最重要的是,我没穿裤子!那天发生了很多事情。”It was an apt entrance for Gatwa, whose bubbly, fearless personality shone through in his breakout performance as the effervescent Eric on Netflix’s “Sex Education” and as “artist Ken” in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” It also marks a new era for the beloved “Doctor Who,” with series stalwart Russell T Davies returning as showrunner, writer and executive producer.
这对于舒提来说是一个恰当的入口,他在 Netflix的《性教育》中饰演了热情洋溢的Eric以及在格蕾塔·葛韦格的电影《芭比》中饰演了“艺术家肯”,在他的突破性表演中展现了他活泼、无所畏惧的个性。这也标志着深受喜爱的《神秘博士》进入了一个新时代,该剧的坚定支持者RTD将回归担任剧集主管、编剧和执行制片人。Since premiering in 1963, the seminal show has become part of the fabric of British culture, reaching across generations and prompting many a dinner-table argument about which Doctor is the best. The original series went off the air in 1989 after seven actors played the role, with an eighth appearing in a 1996 TV movie that failed to reignite excitement in the franchise. Then Davies ushered “Doctor Who” into the modern age in 2005, extending its episode lengths, giving it a sleek new look and crafting story arcs that extended throughout each season. Taking the reins was a dream for Davies, who says the show is “not only my first memory of television, but my first memory of life.”
自 1963 年首播以来,这部影响深远的剧已成为英国文化的一部分,影响了几代人,并引发了许多餐桌上关于“哪任博士最棒”的争论。旧版剧集由七位演员扮演该角色,后于 1989 年停播,第八位演员出现在 1996 年的一部电视电影中,但未能重新点燃该剧。随后,RTD在 2005 年将《神秘博士》带入现代,延长了剧集长度,赋予其时尚的新外观,并精心设计了贯穿每一季的故事情节。接掌神秘博士是RTD的梦想,他说这部剧“不仅是我对电视的第一个记忆,也是我人生的第一个记忆”。With Christopher Eccleston as the ninth Doctor, followed by Tennant as the 10th, Davies took the series out of its cult-y niche as a British curiosity. With his relaunch, “Doctor Who” transformed into an international hit (with multiple spinoffs), as well as a star-making machine. In addition to Eccleston and Tennant, who have become two of the U.K.’s greatest acting exports, “Doctor Who” has helped launch the careers of Billie Piper, Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and even Carey Mulligan, who had a small role in the now-classic 2007 episode “Blink.” After Davies’ departure in 2010 — Tennant was also leaving and Davies says he “had muscles to flex” in the adult drama space — the show continued to build on his foundation, with the most recent lead (prior to Tennant’s anniversary-special return) being Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to play the Doctor.
Ncuti Gatwa 饰演博士,图片由迪士尼+提供
Christopher Eccleston饰演第九任博士,Tennant担任第十任博士,RTD将该剧带出了它作为英国奇趣之物的小众领域。随着他的重新推出,《神秘博士》变成了一部国际热门影片(有多个衍生剧),同时也是一台造星机器。除了CE和DT成为英国最伟大的两位演技派外,《神秘博士》还帮助开启了比莉·派佩、马特·史密斯、凯伦·吉兰甚至凯瑞·穆里根的职业生涯,后者曾经在《神秘博士》2007 年的经典剧集《Blink》中扮演了一个小角色。2010 年RTD离开后,DT也跟着离开了,RTD说他在成人剧领域“还有肌肉可以发挥”,该剧继续在他的时期的基础上发展,并带来了最近最新的主角(在DT回归周年特辑之前)Jodie Whittaker是第一位扮演博士的女性。Now, with Davies back at the helm, Gatwa is making history as the first openly queer Black actor to take on the role of the core Doctor.
现在,随着RTD重新掌舵,舒提正在创造历史,成为第一位公开扮演核心博士角色的黑人酷儿演员。“Do you know what? It makes perfect sense to me,” Gatwa, who was born in Rwanda and raised in Scotland, says of his casting. “I feel like anyone that has a problem with someone who’s not a straight white man playing this character, you’re not really, truly a fan of the show. You’ve not been watching! Because the show is about regeneration, and the Doctor is an alien — why would they only choose to be this sort of person?”
“你知道吗?这对我来说非常有意义,”在卢旺达出生、在苏格兰长大的舒提说道,他谈到了自己的选角。“我觉得,如果有人对扮演这个角色的演员不是白人直男有意见,那你真的不算是这个节目的粉丝。你根本就没有好好看剧!因为这部剧讲的是重生,博士是个外星人——博士凭什么只选择重生为那么单一的一种人呢?”Davies echoes that logic: “They weren’t exactly the straightest men in the past.” A trailblazer of LGBTQ television, Davies created the original “Queer as Folk” in 1999 and 2021’s “It’s a Sin.” And about how Gatwa’s Doctor is different, he says: “You’re talking about someone who does have a lightness and a joy about him that, to me, chimes with queer energy. It’s very rarely driving the story vehemently, but you will see moments exploring it. We’re not delivering a neutered Doctor.”
RTD也表达了相同的内容:“博士过去也并不完全是传统意义上的直男。”作为 LGBTQ 电视节目的先锋,RTD于 1999 年创作了原创剧《同志亦凡人》,并于 2021 年创作了《这是罪》。谈到舒提的博士与众不同的地方,他说:“你在谈论一个具有轻盈和快乐特质的人,对我来说,这与酷儿能量很契合。这种能量很少会强烈驱动故事,但你会看到探索这一点的时刻。我们不会呈现一个被削弱特质的博士。”While the Doctor’s sexuality has never been labeled, in Gatwa’s first episode as the lead — “The Church on Ruby Road,” which premiered as the traditional “Doctor Who” Christmas special — viewers see him dancing in a kilt and referencing his “long, hot summer with Harry Houdini.” And though Davies insists he didn’t set out to be revolutionary in casting the next Doctor — “We auditioned men, women, Black, white, nonbinary actors and actors whose sexuality was their own private matter” — he says these are “exactly the type of barriers I like to break.”
尽管博士的性取向从未被标签化,但在舒提作为主角的第一集中——《Ruby路上的教堂》,该集作为传统的《神秘博士》圣诞特辑首映——观众看到他穿着苏格兰短裙跳舞,并提到了他“与胡迪尼一起度过漫长而炎热的夏天。”尽管RTD坚称,他在选角下一位博士时并没有打算采取颠覆性的做法——“我们试镜了男性、女性、黑人、白人、酷儿演员以及没有公开性取向的演员”——他说这些“正是我喜欢突破的障碍”。“It’s very hard for anyone to stop me doing these things,” he continues. “You’d have to be a pretty brave executive to say, ‘Don’t go there’ to me. I’m sure there are people thinking that, but I wouldn’t work with them, would I?”
“任何人都很难阻止我做这些事情,”他继续说道。 “你必须是一位非常勇敢的高管,才能对我说‘不要这样做’。我知道肯定有人会这么想,但我不会和他们一起工作,不是吗?”Davies, a self-professed “Doctor Who” super fan, says he never stopped watching the show after he handed it over to Steven Moffat. He even initiated “tweet-alongs” to fan-favorite episodes during the COVID lockdown, enlisting Tennant and Catherine Tate, who had played one of the Doctor’s “companions” — someone always keeps the Doctor company in the Tardis, the show’s time-traveling machine — during Tennant’s tenure. When the two said they’d be open to returning to the show, which coincided with 13th Doctor Whittaker leaving, Davies pitched a 60th-anniversary special featuring Tennant and Tate to the BBC.
RTD说他是《神秘博士》的超级粉丝,他表示,自从把这部剧交给魔法特后,他就从未停止观看该剧。他甚至在新冠疫情封锁期间参加了对粉丝最喜欢的剧集的“来推特一起追剧”活动,邀请了曾扮演博士和“同伴”之一的DT和CT——有人总是在剧中的时间旅行机器TARDIS中陪伴着博士——在DT任职期间。当两人表示愿意重返节目时,在第 13 任博士JW离开之际,RTD向BBC推介了由DT和CT主演的 60 周年特辑。The broadcaster not only said yes, but asked Davies whether he’d want to reinvent the show once again, this time with a worldwide streaming partner. The BBC had found one in Disney+, where the new season will release worldwide on May 10 at 7 p.m. ET — excluding the U.K., where it will launch May 11 at midnight GMT on BBC iPlayer and air that night on BBC One. (A choice that’s maddened some British Whovians, who — if they don’t want to stay up past their bedtimes — will have to wait until the next morning to stream new episodes as they dodge spoilers.)
BBC负责人不仅答应了,还询问RTD是否愿意再次改造该剧,这次,是与全球流媒体合作伙伴合作。 BBC找到了Disney+,新一季将于 5 月 10 日东部时间晚上 7 点在全球上映。 但不包括英国,该剧在英国将于格林尼治标准时间 5 月 11 日午夜在 BBC iPlayer 上推出,并于当晚在 BBC One 上播出。 (这个选择让一些英国胡粉抓狂,如果他们不想熬夜超过就寝时间,就必须等到第二天早上观看新剧集,以免剧透。)The new iteration was given a two-season order, and Davies says it feels like such a fresh start that he has “the urge to call it Season 1,” despite the series’ 60-plus-year history. “It’s a new show,” he says.
新版签下了两季的订单,RTD表示,这感觉像是一个全新的开始,以至于他“有一种冲动将其称为第一季”,尽管该剧已有 60 多年的历史。 “这是一个全新的展现,”他说。Davies had admired franchises like “Star Trek” and “Star Wars” making the leap to streaming, and jumped at the chance to bring “Doctor Who” to a global audience — and with that transition, to give the show a higher production value. Integral to that was Bad Wolf, the production company founded by industry veterans Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter, with whom he had worked on his first iteration of “Doctor Who.” In 2017, Bad Wolf opened Wolf Studios Wales in Cardiff, which boasts 140,000 square feet of space across seven soundstages.
《神秘博士》剧集主管拉塞尔·T·戴维斯,由迪士尼摄影师雷伯米斯顿拍摄
RTD很欣赏《星际迷航》和《星球大战》等系列电影向流媒体领域的飞跃,并抓住了将《神秘博士》带给全球观众的机会,并通过这一转变赋予该剧更高的制作价值。其中不可或缺的是恶狼公司,这家制作公司由行业资深人士Julie Gardner和Jane Tranter创立,她们曾和RTD一起制作了《神秘博士》的新版第一季。 2017 年,恶狼公司在卡迪夫开设了威尔士恶狼工作室,占地 140,000 平方英尺,拥有七个摄影棚。“I want every person in the world to watch ‘Doctor Who,’” Gardner says of the power of Disney+. “We can just get bigger and get better reach, and it feels like exactly where ‘Doctor Who’ should be.”
“我希望世界上每个人都能观看《神秘博士》,”Gardner谈到迪士尼+的力量时说道。 “我们可以做得更大,覆盖范围更广,感觉《神秘博士》就应该如此。”And of course, with the Disney+ partnership came an elevated budget. Neither Davies nor the streamer will reveal exactly how much it is, though Davies has denied previous £10-million-per-episode rumors.
当然,与迪士尼+的合作带来了更高的预算。RTD和这家流媒体公司都不会透露确切的预算金额,不过RTD否认了之前每集 1000 万英镑的传言。“It’s not going to be a ‘Star Wars’ budget, and do you know what? Neither should it be,” he says. “Because I do think, with no offense to anyone, if money disappeared tomorrow, we’d [still] make the best episode of ‘Doctor Who’ ever.”
“不会有《星球大战》那样的预算,你知道吗?也不应该有,”他说。 “因为我确实认为,无意冒犯任何人,如果明天这笔钱消失了,我们仍然能够制作出《神秘博士》有史以来最好的一集。”With production locked in, only one task remained: finding the perfect Doctor to usher in the show’s new chapter.
制作锁定后,只剩下一个任务:寻找完美的博士来开启该剧的新篇章。Gatwa was the last person to audition for the role back in January 2022. After the production had seen around 20 actors — and believed it had found its new lead — casting director Andy Pryor called Gatwa’s agent.
舒提是最后一位试镜该角色的人选,时间是2022年1月。剧组在看了大约 20 名演员的试镜后,相信已经找到了新的主角,选角导演Andy Pryor给舒提的经纪人打了电话。“We think we’ve got them, but, like, rogue choice, we just want to see Ncuti,” Gatwa says, reenacting the phone conversation. “Do you think he’d be up for it?”
“我们认为我们已经找到了演员,但是,就像狂野选择一样,我们只是想看看舒提,”舒提说道,他重演了一下当时的电话交谈。 “你认为舒提能接受吗?”Indeed, he would: Just the week before, Gatwa had texted his agent that he’d love to play “a character like Doctor Who or Willy Wonka.”
事实上,舒提愿意:就在那之前的一周,舒提就给他的经纪人发了短信说他很想扮演神秘博士或威利·旺卡这样的角色”。“I was like, this is manifestation, man,” Gatwa says, still looking astonished. To prepare, he rewatched all of Davies’ episodes. “In that week, I became a die-hard fan.”
“我当时想,这就是美梦成真,伙计,”舒提说道,看上去仍然很惊讶。为了做好准备,他重新观看了RTD时期的所有剧集。 “那周我是超级铁杆粉丝。”During the audition, Davies, who read with each potential Doctor, was blown away. “I actually wanted to put down the script and say, ‘You’ve got the part,’” he says. “I literally knew then.”
在试镜过程中,与每位潜在博士演员一起通读剧本的RTD都被震撼了。 “我实际上想放下剧本并说,‘你得到了这个角色,’”他说。 “我当时就知道了。”Davies wasn’t alone in that opinion. “I have never seen an audition tape, and I suspect I probably never will, which had more conviction, more star quality, more talent in it than Ncuti’s,” producer Tranter says. “For me, it was the audition of a lifetime.”
RTD并不是唯一一个持这种观点的人。 “我从来没有看过别的试镜带能够比舒提的更有说服力,更有明星品质,更有才华,而且我怀疑这件事也后无来者,”制片人Tranter说。 “对我来说,这是一生难忘的试镜。”And every Doctor needs a companion. No. 15’s is Ruby Sunday, played by former “Coronation Street” star Millie Gibson. In the series, the spunky Mancunian teen’s search for her birth parents helps to bolster her friendship with the orphan Doctor. Today at the Langham, Gibson is dressed, fittingly, in a ruby red Comme des Garçons cardigan and matching Mary Janes as she recalls her audition with Gatwa.
每个博士都需要一个同伴。第15任博士的同伴是Ruby Sunday,由前《加冕街》明星演员米莉·吉布森饰演。在该剧中,这位勇敢的曼彻斯特青少年寻找她的亲生父母的过程有助于加强她与孤儿博士的友谊。今天在朗廷酒店,吉布森回忆起自己在舒提的试镜时,身着红宝石色 Comme des Garçons 开衫,搭配玛丽珍鞋。“It was surreal, because I remember watching you get announced at the BAFTAs in my bedroom, being like, ‘Oh, that’s a lovely choice,’” Gibson tells Gatwa as he lets out a belt of laughter — which then conjures another memory in Gibson. “I’ll always remember being in the waiting room for my audition and just hearing your laugh and being like, ‘Mm, there it is! There we go.’”
“这太超现实了,因为我记得自己曾经在卧室里看过你在BAFTA奖上被宣布获奖,我就想,‘哦,这是一个可爱的选择,’”吉布森一边笑一边告诉舒提——这让我想起了另一个记忆吉布森。 “我永远记得在等待室试镜时听到你的笑声,然后说,‘嗯,就在那里!我们就这样吧。’”Gibson calls their chemistry read “magic,” though she recalls thinking, “Is he just like that with everyone because he’s really charismatic?”
吉布森称他们的化学反应是“神奇的”,尽管她回忆道,“他对每个人都这样,是因为他真的很有魅力吗?”No, the feeling was mutual.
不,这种感觉是相互的。“I knew where I wanted to take the character of the Doctor as soon as you walked in the room,” Gatwa says. “I was like, ‘Now the characterization is complete. This was the missing piece.’”
“当你走进房间时,我就知道我想把博士这个角色带到哪里,”舒提说。 “我当时想,‘现在人物描述已经完成了。这就是缺失的部分。’”Gatwa’s guiding word for his Doctor became “compassion” — a choice that aligned with Davies’ vision of the character being more emotionally free than in the past. “A Doctor of old is someone who traditionally would be more closed, a little bit more aloof,” Davies says. “Then completely by chance I cast the man who couldn’t hide an emotion if he tried.”
舒提对他的博士的指导词变成了“同情心”——这一选择符合RTD的愿景,即该角色比过去在情感上更加自由。 “过去,传统的博士情感会更加封闭,更加淡漠,”戴维斯说。 “然后完全出于偶然,我选选择了这个即使努力也无法隐藏情感的人。”Indeed, viewers saw Gatwa’s Doctor shed tears in the Christmas special — something Davies hopes will connect with the show’s younger audience.
事实上,观众在圣诞特辑中看到了小15流下了眼泪——RTD希望这能与该剧的年轻观众产生共鸣。“The one thing I keep seeing now is the fragility of the mental health of young people. It’s like there’s a nervousness about in the air now,” he says. “So that’s the hero I wanted for them. If that younger audience is feeling so much, I wanted the Doctor to feel it on-screen as well.”
“我现在不断看到的一件事是年轻人脆弱的心理健康。现在空气中总是弥漫着紧张的气氛,”他说。 “这就是我想要的英雄。如果年轻观众有如此丰富的感受,我希望屏幕上的博士也能体会到这些情感。”Along with patented “Doctor Who” adventures that Whovians will love and monsters new and old, the new season will feature an homage to the Beatles and an episode Davies describes as “Welsh folk-horror.” But this latest revival hasn’t been without bumps in the road. In January, Gatwa was spotted filming an episode for the upcoming second season with new cast member Varada Sethu, seemingly playing the companion, which led to reports that Gibson would be leaving the show. Turns out — as it was officially announced earlier this month — that Gibson is sticking around, and Sethu is joining the cast as another companion in Season 2. (“This is the unfortunate thing about filming in public,” Davies laments.)
除了《神秘博士》的专利冒险和新旧怪物之外,新一季还将向披头士乐队致敬,并推出RTD之为“威尔士民间恐怖”的一集。但最近的复兴之路并非一帆风顺。一月份,有人发现舒提正在与新演员Varada Sethu一起拍摄即将到来的第二季的一集,似乎扮演同伴,这导致有报道称吉布森将离开该剧。结果——正如本月早些时候官方宣布的那样——吉布森将留下来,而新演员Sethu将作为第二季的另一位搭档加入剧组。(“这是在公共场合拍摄的不幸之处,”RTD感叹道。)“It was a little bit of a misunderstanding,” Gibson says. “But I’m very much in Season 2.”
“那件事有点误解,”吉布森说。 “但我绝对有积极参与第二季的拍摄。”“Doctor’s not letting this one go,” Gatwa says, chiming in. “That’s what the show is, isn’t it? There’s always new actors coming in and doing different things.”
“博士不会放手的,”舒提插话道,“这就是这部剧的意义,不是吗?总是有新演员加入、并带来一些新的事情。”And although Gatwa’s groundbreaking casting was met with much praise, there were, of course, some haters. Gatwa’s message to the naysayers is simple: “Don’t watch. Turn off the TV. Go and touch grass, please, for God’s sake.”
尽管舒提开创性的选角赢得了很多赞誉,但显然还是有一些人跳出来反对。舒提向反对者传达的信息很简单:“别看了。关掉电视。看在老天的份上,出去走走,接触接触大自然吧。”Then there’s the criticism that “Doctor Who” is a show that appeals to children — and that a queer actor playing the Doctor will reach more kids than ever with its new home on Disney+, which is a disturbing idea to homophobes. Davies sees the show’s wider reach as an opportunity to open people’s minds.
还有人批评说《神秘博士》是一部吸引儿童的节目,而扮演博士的酷儿演员将通过迪士尼+这个新平台去吸引比以往更多的孩子,这令恐同者们不安。RTD认为该剧的更广泛影响力是让人们开放思想的机会。“I think if you’re 6 years old, you don’t care — not at all,” he says. “But nonetheless, as the world darkens — and I do think the world is darkening around queer rights — there is a joy and a celebration, and there’s a community. Whether you’re 12 years old and just beginning to work out who you are, 62 years old and you’ve never been who you are, or 61 years old like I am and beginning to worry about where we are in society — there is a hero out there cutting his way through the universe, looking damn good in his suits and doing it with a laugh and a smile.”
“我认为,如果你只有 6 岁,你根本都不会在意这些,”他说。 “但尽管如此,随着世界现状变得愈发黑暗——我确实认为围绕为酷儿争取基本权利的世界正在变得黑暗——然而在酷儿权利问题上,还有着这样积极的团结的氛围存在,人们共同庆祝和支持彼此。无论你是 12 岁,刚刚开始认识自身,还是62 岁,从来都还没能做过自己,还是像我一样 61 岁,开始担心我们自己在社会中的处境 – 都有一位英雄在宇宙中开辟出一条道路,穿着西装、好看极了,并且带着欢笑和微笑地做着自己。”For Gatwa, Tennant has been a “guiding therapist father figure,” advising him about “the things to read, and the things not to read.”
对于舒提来说,DT一直是“父亲般的指导治疗师形象”,为他提供了“哪些内容该读和哪些内容不该读”的建议。As for how long this new era of “Doctor Who” will last? Gatwa says he’s “not going anywhere soon,” and Davies adds that he’s “already making plans” beyond the initial two-season order. No matter where this foray into the Whoniverse goes, Davies is sure of one thing: In Gatwa, a star has been born.
至于《神秘博士》的这个新时代能持续多久?舒提表示,自己“不会很快离开”,RTD补充说,除了最初的两季订单外,他“已经制定了计划”。无论进入神秘博士宇宙的哪个方向,RTD都确信一件事:对于舒提来说,一颗明星已经诞生。“I can sit here utterly certain that in five years’ time he’ll be leading a movie franchise and security will be holding me back as I go, ‘He promised me a ticket!’” Davies says with a chuckle.
“我坐在这里完全可以肯定,五年后他将主演一部电影,而保安会拦住我,我会大喊,‘他答应过给我一张票的!’”RTD笑着说。 -
School Time with Aloo Kachaloo 👦✨-Ready for School | Hindi Rhymes for Kids | Infobells #hindirhymes
#hindirhymes #hindicartoons #alookachaloo #alookachaloobeta #gettingready #readyforschool #goingtoschool #goodhabits Good morning, bacchon! ☀️ Join your favorite Aloo Kachaloo Beta as he gets ready for school with a little help from his loving Mom! 🍽️🪥🎽 From brushing his teeth to wearing his school uniform and waiting for the school bus – it’s a fun-filled morning…
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I’ve been driving boy bats wild for years with my aloof and unobtainable looks and little furry body.
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आलू कचालू बेटा क्यों रो रहा है? 😢 – Bhoot Raaja Aaega | Hindi Rhymes for Children | Infobells
#hindirhymes #balgeet #bhoot #bhootwala #bhootbhoot #hindicartoons #kidsbathtime #alookachaloo #alookachaloobeta Enjoy this fun and playful Hindi nursery rhyme about Aloo Kachaloo Beta, a little boy who doesn’t want to take a bath or go to school! 😢 One morning, Aloo Kachaloo starts crying because he doesn’t feel like getting ready for school. His mom tells him it’s bath time…
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Got up. Made myself a delicious hot beverage and ate a little cottage cheese. Kissed hubby (he's cute). Petted kittehs (they're cute too, but more fuzzy, so not as fun to kiss). Did some household chores. Picked up the mail. Did a little local #waymarking. Went to the #library and picked up a few books that caught my interest. Did some reading. Probably more social media than is good for me, but at least it's the fedi. Worked on my ongoing crochet project. We should eat soon; I have ingredients and plans to make aloo gobi tonight.
This has been my #NoSpend day so far. What do you do that's fun and costs you little or nothing?
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Got up. Made myself a delicious hot beverage and ate a little cottage cheese. Kissed hubby (he's cute). Petted kittehs (they're cute too, but more fuzzy, so not as fun to kiss). Did some household chores. Picked up the mail. Did a little local #waymarking. Went to the #library and picked up a few books that caught my interest. Did some reading. Probably more social media than is good for me, but at least it's the fedi. Worked on my ongoing crochet project. We should eat soon; I have ingredients and plans to make aloo gobi tonight.
This has been my #NoSpend day so far. What do you do that's fun and costs you little or nothing?
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Got up. Made myself a delicious hot beverage and ate a little cottage cheese. Kissed hubby (he's cute). Petted kittehs (they're cute too, but more fuzzy, so not as fun to kiss). Did some household chores. Picked up the mail. Did a little local #waymarking. Went to the #library and picked up a few books that caught my interest. Did some reading. Probably more social media than is good for me, but at least it's the fedi. Worked on my ongoing crochet project. We should eat soon; I have ingredients and plans to make aloo gobi tonight.
This has been my #NoSpend day so far. What do you do that's fun and costs you little or nothing?
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Got up. Made myself a delicious hot beverage and ate a little cottage cheese. Kissed hubby (he's cute). Petted kittehs (they're cute too, but more fuzzy, so not as fun to kiss). Did some household chores. Picked up the mail. Did a little local #waymarking. Went to the #library and picked up a few books that caught my interest. Did some reading. Probably more social media than is good for me, but at least it's the fedi. Worked on my ongoing crochet project. We should eat soon; I have ingredients and plans to make aloo gobi tonight.
This has been my #NoSpend day so far. What do you do that's fun and costs you little or nothing?
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Got up. Made myself a delicious hot beverage and ate a little cottage cheese. Kissed hubby (he's cute). Petted kittehs (they're cute too, but more fuzzy, so not as fun to kiss). Did some household chores. Picked up the mail. Did a little local #waymarking. Went to the #library and picked up a few books that caught my interest. Did some reading. Probably more social media than is good for me, but at least it's the fedi. We should eat soon; I have ingredients and plans to make aloo gobi tonight.
This has been my #NoSpend day so far. What do you do that's fun and costs you little or nothing?
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Truthfully I do not always like the way that the aesthetics of #astrology hit because it seems just a little too trite and stereotypical at times, but astrology is true not just because there is truth is aesthetics (although there is), astrology has proven itself to be true in my life by showing up over and over again, both as an extremely useful paradigm for understanding and explaining things that could not otherwise be understood or explained. Invasive and unwanted observations of patterns that frequently made me confused as to what the hell was going on. I notice things like that in my life because I'm neurodivergent. My special interest is studying patterns.
Aquarius is a fixed air sign ruled traditionally by Saturn and modernly by Uranus. It often comes across with the cold, unattached energy of the intellect, as the element of air corresponds to the mind. Countercultural, revolutionary, aloof, rebellious, and yet Aquarius cares a great deal about its communities, humanitarian ideals and about its fellow beings. It is deeply empathetic. It is paradoxical. These paradoxes within astrology awakened me to the paradoxes embedded within reality.
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आज आलू कचालू डॉक्टर है – Doctor Doctor Game Pretend Play | Hindi Rhymes for Children | Infobells
#hindirhymes #hindicartoons #doctorgames #doctordoctor #doctorsettoys #doctortoyset In this adorable Hindi kids rhyme, our favorite Aloo Kachaloo is all set to play Doctor-Doctor! With his toy doctor set, he checks his soft toy patient like a real doctor! 😷🧸 He uses a thermometer 🌡️, a stethoscope, and even checks the ears 👂, nose 👃, and eyes 👁️ of his little patient – all…
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For this year's Biketoberfest in Daytona, Tamasa wears a cat ear full face black helmet. No one knows her and she doesn't take it off. She prefers it that way. Last year she had witnessed a shootout between rival gangs and a woman held hostage. She keeps her gun concealed but stays aloof, watchful. She drinks alone in her hotel room from little bottles of wine. Her brother had taught her to ride but China Girl took him away. From her hotel balcony, she pours one out, just for him. #50WordFiction
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I'm watching "GAP The series" on youtube and I like it more than I thought I would.
Normally I can't stand with constant change of minds: One day, they promised "I never let you go" next day it is "I'm sorry, I have to marry Kirk"
A little bit irritating.
But I like the actresses, the happy end an the Story itself (It's the classic "subordinate falls in love with aloof boss.")#GAPtheSeries #monsam #girlsgirlslove
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnSVdDZKy2nuvcUhBUFpRJHgCs76KSGMG
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CW: the rare euan doctor who negativity (big finish edition)
Got caught up with the Sontarans vs. Rutans #BigFinish line (I'm excited for the 8th/2nd multi-Doctor entry next month) and one of my takeaways is: I don't know why Big Finish has been characterizing both the Fugitive Doctor and the War Doctor as so constantly sarcastic. That doesn't feel like a very Doctor-y thing to me. Jo Martin's story from this month, it felt like almost every single line out of her mouth was something sarcastic. I really don't vibe with it.
I've really really liked a few of the stories in her line, and I've really enjoyed some Jonathan Carley stories, but it's feeling like a recurring issue, their characterization feeling off. That might be down to how little TV screen time each of them had, though. There's so little to base their characterization on, and both of them are clear departures from other Doctor characterizations. But I think some writers have been conflating "cynical/aloof/detached" with "actively being an asshole all the time".
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CW: the rare euan doctor who negativity (big finish edition)
Got caught up with the Sontarans vs. Rutans #BigFinish line (I'm excited for the 8th/2nd multi-Doctor entry next month) and one of my takeaways is: I don't know why Big Finish has been characterizing both the Fugitive Doctor and the War Doctor as so constantly sarcastic. That doesn't feel like a very Doctor-y thing to me. Jo Martin's story from this month, it felt like almost every single line out of her mouth was something sarcastic. I really don't vibe with it.
I've really really liked a few of the stories in her line, and I've really enjoyed some Jonathan Carley stories, but it's feeling like a recurring issue, their characterization feeling off. That might be down to how little TV screen time each of them had, though. There's so little to base their characterization on, and both of them are clear departures from other Doctor characterizations. But I think some writers have been conflating "cynical/aloof/detached" with "actively being an asshole all the time".
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CW: the rare euan doctor who negativity (big finish edition)
Got caught up with the Sontarans vs. Rutans #BigFinish line (I'm excited for the 8th/2nd multi-Doctor entry next month) and one of my takeaways is: I don't know why Big Finish has been characterizing both the Fugitive Doctor and the War Doctor as so constantly sarcastic. That doesn't feel like a very Doctor-y thing to me. Jo Martin's story from this month, it felt like almost every single line out of her mouth was something sarcastic. I really don't vibe with it.
I've really really liked a few of the stories in her line, and I've really enjoyed some Jonathan Carley stories, but it's feeling like a recurring issue, their characterization feeling off. That might be down to how little TV screen time each of them had, though. There's so little to base their characterization on, and both of them are clear departures from other Doctor characterizations. But I think some writers have been conflating "cynical/aloof/detached" with "actively being an asshole all the time".
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CW: the rare euan doctor who negativity (big finish edition)
Got caught up with the Sontarans vs. Rutans #BigFinish line (I'm excited for the 8th/2nd multi-Doctor entry next month) and one of my takeaways is: I don't know why Big Finish has been characterizing both the Fugitive Doctor and the War Doctor as so constantly sarcastic. That doesn't feel like a very Doctor-y thing to me. Jo Martin's story from this month, it felt like almost every single line out of her mouth was something sarcastic. I really don't vibe with it.
I've really really liked a few of the stories in her line, and I've really enjoyed some Jonathan Carley stories, but it's feeling like a recurring issue, their characterization feeling off. That might be down to how little TV screen time each of them had, though. There's so little to base their characterization on, and both of them are clear departures from other Doctor characterizations. But I think some writers have been conflating "cynical/aloof/detached" with "actively being an asshole all the time".
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CW: the rare euan doctor who negativity (big finish edition)
Got caught up with the Sontarans vs. Rutans #BigFinish line (I'm excited for the 8th/2nd multi-Doctor entry next month) and one of my takeaways is: I don't know why Big Finish has been characterizing both the Fugitive Doctor and the War Doctor as so constantly sarcastic. That doesn't feel like a very Doctor-y thing to me. Jo Martin's story from this month, it felt like almost every single line out of her mouth was something sarcastic. I really don't vibe with it.
I've really really liked a few of the stories in her line, and I've really enjoyed some Jonathan Carley stories, but it's feeling like a recurring issue, their characterization feeling off. That might be down to how little TV screen time each of them had, though. There's so little to base their characterization on, and both of them are clear departures from other Doctor characterizations. But I think some writers have been conflating "cynical/aloof/detached" with "actively being an asshole all the time".
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Dagdrøm – Schauder [Things You Might Have Missed 2025] By KenstrosityTo be perfectly honest, I no longer recall when or how exactly I encountered Germany’s Dagdrøm for the first time. There’s a pretty good chance it was a Discordian recommendation, or I discovered it organically while sifting through Bandcamp’s new releases feed. Either way, their debut Schauder regularly circulates on my listening rotation. Weirdly, it received very little fanfare from the commenters or other arenas of metallic discourse that I frequent. It’s a shame, because Schauder remains one of the coolest melodic black metal albums released this year.
Unlike the traditional second wave stylings of Sarastus or the cosmic exuberance of Silent Millenia, Dagdrøm’s style is emotional, propelled by chunky post-metal riffs, and uplifted by hopeful atmosphere. That’s not to say Schauder is happy by any means. While its riffs are groovy and sophisticated and its melodies sparkling and brilliant, the overall tone of the record is one of deep yearning and of grieving. Without access to the lyrics, or any understanding of the German language, I possess very little ability to confirm this, but it’s crystal clear to me that Schauder is a deeply personal work fueled by a bleeding heart and a desperate soul.
Schauder’s greatest strengths are balance and fluidity. In every aspect of its compositions, clever shifts in texture and tone follow the natural progression of human emotion as they move through phases of love, of pain, of grief, and of remembrance. I listen to highlights like opener proper “Ascheregen,” mid-album heartbreaking duo “Atme” and “Flüsse,” or blistering chills “Tagtraum” and “Freund,” and I revel in sublime transitions that bring ascendant tremolo melodies down to earth with caustic, crushing riffs and thrashing percussive rhythms, the next airy lead launching me back to the stratosphere in short order. These moments reprise themselves two or three times in many songs, but not without evolutionary developments or variations informed by the passages that led them there (see the spine-tingling harmonies introduced in the final moments sending “Flüsse” off). As a consequence of such intentional writing, Schauder flows through its expansive 50 minutes with striking ease and makes repeat spins an effortless endeavor.
Don’t let Schauder’s beauty and smoothness fool you, though. Bursting at the seams with killer riffs of varying approaches, aggressive tempos, and venomous screams, Dagdrøm’s debut is a beast with claws and teeth sharp enough to rend flesh from bone. Early bangers like “Ascheregen” and late album rippers “Ära” and “Kalte Fliesen” handily demonstrate this, reinforcing that a black metal band in touch with their emotions is just as menacing, if not more so, than the aloof, the cold, and the distant. Schauder is none of these things. It’s intimate, vulnerable, and expressive while still delivering energetic, raucous, and compelling songs. That makes it special.
If you are ever looking to recommend something to me, especially in the ashen realms of black metal, let this be your litmus. Dagdrøm may be new on the scene and they may eschew some of the classic melodic black metal tropes that made the genre a staple, but Schauder is not to be overlooked. You miss this, you miss out!
Tracks to Check Out: “Ascheregen,” “Atme,” “Flüsse,” “Kalte Fliesen”
#2025 #BlackMetal #Dagdrøm #MelodicBlackMetal #Review #Reviews #Sarastus #Schauder #SelfRelease #SelfReleased #SilentMillenia #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed2025 #TYMHM -
Dagdrøm – Schauder [Things You Might Have Missed 2025] By KenstrosityTo be perfectly honest, I no longer recall when or how exactly I encountered Germany’s Dagdrøm for the first time. There’s a pretty good chance it was a Discordian recommendation, or I discovered it organically while sifting through Bandcamp’s new releases feed. Either way, their debut Schauder regularly circulates on my listening rotation. Weirdly, it received very little fanfare from the commenters or other arenas of metallic discourse that I frequent. It’s a shame, because Schauder remains one of the coolest melodic black metal albums released this year.
Unlike the traditional second wave stylings of Sarastus or the cosmic exuberance of Silent Millenia, Dagdrøm’s style is emotional, propelled by chunky post-metal riffs, and uplifted by hopeful atmosphere. That’s not to say Schauder is happy by any means. While its riffs are groovy and sophisticated and its melodies sparkling and brilliant, the overall tone of the record is one of deep yearning and of grieving. Without access to the lyrics, or any understanding of the German language, I possess very little ability to confirm this, but it’s crystal clear to me that Schauder is a deeply personal work fueled by a bleeding heart and a desperate soul.
Schauder’s greatest strengths are balance and fluidity. In every aspect of its compositions, clever shifts in texture and tone follow the natural progression of human emotion as they move through phases of love, of pain, of grief, and of remembrance. I listen to highlights like opener proper “Ascheregen,” mid-album heartbreaking duo “Atme” and “Flüsse,” or blistering chills “Tagtraum” and “Freund,” and I revel in sublime transitions that bring ascendant tremolo melodies down to earth with caustic, crushing riffs and thrashing percussive rhythms, the next airy lead launching me back to the stratosphere in short order. These moments reprise themselves two or three times in many songs, but not without evolutionary developments or variations informed by the passages that led them there (see the spine-tingling harmonies introduced in the final moments sending “Flüsse” off). As a consequence of such intentional writing, Schauder flows through its expansive 50 minutes with striking ease and makes repeat spins an effortless endeavor.
Don’t let Schauder’s beauty and smoothness fool you, though. Bursting at the seams with killer riffs of varying approaches, aggressive tempos, and venomous screams, Dagdrøm’s debut is a beast with claws and teeth sharp enough to rend flesh from bone. Early bangers like “Ascheregen” and late album rippers “Ära” and “Kalte Fliesen” handily demonstrate this, reinforcing that a black metal band in touch with their emotions is just as menacing, if not more so, than the aloof, the cold, and the distant. Schauder is none of these things. It’s intimate, vulnerable, and expressive while still delivering energetic, raucous, and compelling songs. That makes it special.
If you are ever looking to recommend something to me, especially in the ashen realms of black metal, let this be your litmus. Dagdrøm may be new on the scene and they may eschew some of the classic melodic black metal tropes that made the genre a staple, but Schauder is not to be overlooked. You miss this, you miss out!
Tracks to Check Out: “Ascheregen,” “Atme,” “Flüsse,” “Kalte Fliesen”
#2025 #BlackMetal #Dagdrøm #MelodicBlackMetal #Review #Reviews #Sarastus #Schauder #SelfRelease #SelfReleased #SilentMillenia #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed2025 #TYMHM -
Dagdrøm – Schauder [Things You Might Have Missed 2025] By KenstrosityTo be perfectly honest, I no longer recall when or how exactly I encountered Germany’s Dagdrøm for the first time. There’s a pretty good chance it was a Discordian recommendation, or I discovered it organically while sifting through Bandcamp’s new releases feed. Either way, their debut Schauder regularly circulates on my listening rotation. Weirdly, it received very little fanfare from the commenters or other arenas of metallic discourse that I frequent. It’s a shame, because Schauder remains one of the coolest melodic black metal albums released this year.
Unlike the traditional second wave stylings of Sarastus or the cosmic exuberance of Silent Millenia, Dagdrøm’s style is emotional, propelled by chunky post-metal riffs, and uplifted by hopeful atmosphere. That’s not to say Schauder is happy by any means. While its riffs are groovy and sophisticated and its melodies sparkling and brilliant, the overall tone of the record is one of deep yearning and of grieving. Without access to the lyrics, or any understanding of the German language, I possess very little ability to confirm this, but it’s crystal clear to me that Schauder is a deeply personal work fueled by a bleeding heart and a desperate soul.
Schauder’s greatest strengths are balance and fluidity. In every aspect of its compositions, clever shifts in texture and tone follow the natural progression of human emotion as they move through phases of love, of pain, of grief, and of remembrance. I listen to highlights like opener proper “Ascheregen,” mid-album heartbreaking duo “Atme” and “Flüsse,” or blistering chills “Tagtraum” and “Freund,” and I revel in sublime transitions that bring ascendant tremolo melodies down to earth with caustic, crushing riffs and thrashing percussive rhythms, the next airy lead launching me back to the stratosphere in short order. These moments reprise themselves two or three times in many songs, but not without evolutionary developments or variations informed by the passages that led them there (see the spine-tingling harmonies introduced in the final moments sending “Flüsse” off). As a consequence of such intentional writing, Schauder flows through its expansive 50 minutes with striking ease and makes repeat spins an effortless endeavor.
Don’t let Schauder’s beauty and smoothness fool you, though. Bursting at the seams with killer riffs of varying approaches, aggressive tempos, and venomous screams, Dagdrøm’s debut is a beast with claws and teeth sharp enough to rend flesh from bone. Early bangers like “Ascheregen” and late album rippers “Ära” and “Kalte Fliesen” handily demonstrate this, reinforcing that a black metal band in touch with their emotions is just as menacing, if not more so, than the aloof, the cold, and the distant. Schauder is none of these things. It’s intimate, vulnerable, and expressive while still delivering energetic, raucous, and compelling songs. That makes it special.
If you are ever looking to recommend something to me, especially in the ashen realms of black metal, let this be your litmus. Dagdrøm may be new on the scene and they may eschew some of the classic melodic black metal tropes that made the genre a staple, but Schauder is not to be overlooked. You miss this, you miss out!
Tracks to Check Out: “Ascheregen,” “Atme,” “Flüsse,” “Kalte Fliesen”
#2025 #BlackMetal #Dagdrøm #MelodicBlackMetal #Review #Reviews #Sarastus #Schauder #SelfRelease #SelfReleased #SilentMillenia #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed2025 #TYMHM -
Dagdrøm – Schauder [Things You Might Have Missed 2025] By KenstrosityTo be perfectly honest, I no longer recall when or how exactly I encountered Germany’s Dagdrøm for the first time. There’s a pretty good chance it was a Discordian recommendation, or I discovered it organically while sifting through Bandcamp’s new releases feed. Either way, their debut Schauder regularly circulates on my listening rotation. Weirdly, it received very little fanfare from the commenters or other arenas of metallic discourse that I frequent. It’s a shame, because Schauder remains one of the coolest melodic black metal albums released this year.
Unlike the traditional second wave stylings of Sarastus or the cosmic exuberance of Silent Millenia, Dagdrøm’s style is emotional, propelled by chunky post-metal riffs, and uplifted by hopeful atmosphere. That’s not to say Schauder is happy by any means. While its riffs are groovy and sophisticated and its melodies sparkling and brilliant, the overall tone of the record is one of deep yearning and of grieving. Without access to the lyrics, or any understanding of the German language, I possess very little ability to confirm this, but it’s crystal clear to me that Schauder is a deeply personal work fueled by a bleeding heart and a desperate soul.
Schauder’s greatest strengths are balance and fluidity. In every aspect of its compositions, clever shifts in texture and tone follow the natural progression of human emotion as they move through phases of love, of pain, of grief, and of remembrance. I listen to highlights like opener proper “Ascheregen,” mid-album heartbreaking duo “Atme” and “Flüsse,” or blistering chills “Tagtraum” and “Freund,” and I revel in sublime transitions that bring ascendant tremolo melodies down to earth with caustic, crushing riffs and thrashing percussive rhythms, the next airy lead launching me back to the stratosphere in short order. These moments reprise themselves two or three times in many songs, but not without evolutionary developments or variations informed by the passages that led them there (see the spine-tingling harmonies introduced in the final moments sending “Flüsse” off). As a consequence of such intentional writing, Schauder flows through its expansive 50 minutes with striking ease and makes repeat spins an effortless endeavor.
Don’t let Schauder’s beauty and smoothness fool you, though. Bursting at the seams with killer riffs of varying approaches, aggressive tempos, and venomous screams, Dagdrøm’s debut is a beast with claws and teeth sharp enough to rend flesh from bone. Early bangers like “Ascheregen” and late album rippers “Ära” and “Kalte Fliesen” handily demonstrate this, reinforcing that a black metal band in touch with their emotions is just as menacing, if not more so, than the aloof, the cold, and the distant. Schauder is none of these things. It’s intimate, vulnerable, and expressive while still delivering energetic, raucous, and compelling songs. That makes it special.
If you are ever looking to recommend something to me, especially in the ashen realms of black metal, let this be your litmus. Dagdrøm may be new on the scene and they may eschew some of the classic melodic black metal tropes that made the genre a staple, but Schauder is not to be overlooked. You miss this, you miss out!
Tracks to Check Out: “Ascheregen,” “Atme,” “Flüsse,” “Kalte Fliesen”
#2025 #BlackMetal #Dagdrøm #MelodicBlackMetal #Review #Reviews #Sarastus #Schauder #SelfRelease #SelfReleased #SilentMillenia #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed2025 #TYMHM -
Dagdrøm – Schauder [Things You Might Have Missed 2025] By KenstrosityTo be perfectly honest, I no longer recall when or how exactly I encountered Germany’s Dagdrøm for the first time. There’s a pretty good chance it was a Discordian recommendation, or I discovered it organically while sifting through Bandcamp’s new releases feed. Either way, their debut Schauder regularly circulates on my listening rotation. Weirdly, it received very little fanfare from the commenters or other arenas of metallic discourse that I frequent. It’s a shame, because Schauder remains one of the coolest melodic black metal albums released this year.
Unlike the traditional second wave stylings of Sarastus or the cosmic exuberance of Silent Millenia, Dagdrøm’s style is emotional, propelled by chunky post-metal riffs, and uplifted by hopeful atmosphere. That’s not to say Schauder is happy by any means. While its riffs are groovy and sophisticated and its melodies sparkling and brilliant, the overall tone of the record is one of deep yearning and of grieving. Without access to the lyrics, or any understanding of the German language, I possess very little ability to confirm this, but it’s crystal clear to me that Schauder is a deeply personal work fueled by a bleeding heart and a desperate soul.
Schauder’s greatest strengths are balance and fluidity. In every aspect of its compositions, clever shifts in texture and tone follow the natural progression of human emotion as they move through phases of love, of pain, of grief, and of remembrance. I listen to highlights like opener proper “Ascheregen,” mid-album heartbreaking duo “Atme” and “Flüsse,” or blistering chills “Tagtraum” and “Freund,” and I revel in sublime transitions that bring ascendant tremolo melodies down to earth with caustic, crushing riffs and thrashing percussive rhythms, the next airy lead launching me back to the stratosphere in short order. These moments reprise themselves two or three times in many songs, but not without evolutionary developments or variations informed by the passages that led them there (see the spine-tingling harmonies introduced in the final moments sending “Flüsse” off). As a consequence of such intentional writing, Schauder flows through its expansive 50 minutes with striking ease and makes repeat spins an effortless endeavor.
Don’t let Schauder’s beauty and smoothness fool you, though. Bursting at the seams with killer riffs of varying approaches, aggressive tempos, and venomous screams, Dagdrøm’s debut is a beast with claws and teeth sharp enough to rend flesh from bone. Early bangers like “Ascheregen” and late album rippers “Ära” and “Kalte Fliesen” handily demonstrate this, reinforcing that a black metal band in touch with their emotions is just as menacing, if not more so, than the aloof, the cold, and the distant. Schauder is none of these things. It’s intimate, vulnerable, and expressive while still delivering energetic, raucous, and compelling songs. That makes it special.
If you are ever looking to recommend something to me, especially in the ashen realms of black metal, let this be your litmus. Dagdrøm may be new on the scene and they may eschew some of the classic melodic black metal tropes that made the genre a staple, but Schauder is not to be overlooked. You miss this, you miss out!
Tracks to Check Out: “Ascheregen,” “Atme,” “Flüsse,” “Kalte Fliesen”
#2025 #BlackMetal #Dagdrøm #MelodicBlackMetal #Review #Reviews #Sarastus #Schauder #SelfRelease #SelfReleased #SilentMillenia #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed2025 #TYMHM -
CW: The GOP and their wealthy benefactor's orchestration of a partisan capture of the judiciary were always meant to be a means to control the government and get their way by doing an end-run around democracy. "The Court has become a handmaiden to the corporate elites trying to increase their dominance over us." Opinion | It's Time to Admit This Right-Wing U.S. Supreme Court Is a Corrupt, Autocratic Tribune
The GOP and their wealthy benefactor's orchestration of a partisan capture of the judiciary were always meant to be a means to control the government and get their way by doing an end-run around democracy.
"The Court has become a handmaiden to the corporate elites trying to increase their dominance over us."
Opinion | It's Time to Admit This Right-Wing U.S. Supreme Court Is a Corrupt, Autocratic Tribune | Common Dreams -- JIM HIGHTOWER https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/supreme-court-is-corrupt
#PartisanCaptureOfJudiciary
#SupremePartisans
#JudicialEndRunAroundDemocracy
#GOPIsTheRichsTool
#WantTheirSerfsBack
#GOPHatesDemocracyQuestion: How many legs does a dog have if you count the tail as a leg? Answer: Four — calling the tail a leg doesn't make it one.
Likewise, calling a small group of partisan lawyers a "supreme" court doesn't make it one. There's nothing supreme about the six-pack of far-right-wing political activists who are presently soiling our people's ideals of justice by proclaiming their own antidemocratic biases to be the law of the land. On issues of economic fairness, women's rights, racial justice, corporate supremacy, environmental protection, theocratic rule and other fundamentals, these unelected, black-robed extremists are imposing an illegitimate elitist agenda on America that the people do not want and ultimately will not tolerate.
Indeed, the imperiousness of the six ruling judges has already caused the court's public approval rating to plummet, to a mere 38%, an historic low that ranks down there with former President Donald Trump, and threatens to go as low as Congress.
This has led to a flurry of officials attesting to the honesty and political impartiality of the reigning supremes. Unfortunately for the court, these ardent defenders were the six culprits themselves.
The "integrity of the judiciary is in my bones," pontificated Neil Gorsuch, who now stands accused of having lied to senators to win his lifetime appointment.
We don't have to accept rule by an illegitimate court.
"(We are not) a bunch of partisan hacks," wailed Amy Coney Barrett, a partisan extremist jammed onto the court in a partisan ploy by Trump in the last few hours of his presidency.
"Judges are not politicians," protested John Roberts, who became Chief Justice because he was a rabid political lawyer who pushed the Supreme Court in 2000 to reject the rights of voters and install George W. Bush as president.
As many of its own members privately admit, Congress has become a pay-to-play lawmaking casino — closed to commoners but offering full-service access to corporate powers.
But the Supreme Court is another government entity that's even more aloof from workaday people — and it has become a handmaiden to the corporate elites trying to increase their dominance over us. The six-member, right-wing majority on this secretive powerhouse now routinely vetoes efforts by workers, environmentalist, students, local officials, voters and all others who try to rein in corporate greed and abuses.
Appointed for lifetime terms, this autocratic tribune takes pride in being sealed off from democracy, even bragging that they make rulings without being influenced by special interests. But wait — in makeup and ideology, today's court majority is a special interest, for it consists of corporate and right-wing lawyers who've obtained their wealth and position by loyally serving corporate power. And far from now being isolated from moneyed elites, the judges regularly socialize with them and attend their closed-door political meetings.
There's even a special little club, called The Supreme Court Historical Society, that frequently reveals the cozy, symbiotic relationship that exists between today's judicial and corporate cliques. Such giants as Chevron, Goldman Sachs, AT&T and Home Depot pay millions of dollars to this clubby society, gaining notice by and the appreciation of the supremes. And, yes, these special interest gifts to the court are gratefully accepted, even when the corporations have active cases before the court, seeking favorable rulings from the very judges they're glad-handing at Society soirees.
Of course, the judges insist there's no conflict of interest, because this access to them is "open to all." Sure — all who can pay $25,000 and up to get inside! Yet the clueless judges wonder why their credibility is in the ditch. Remember, in America, The People are supreme! We don't have to accept rule by an illegitimate court. For reform, go to FixTheCourt.com.""
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CW: The GOP and their wealthy benefactor's orchestration of a partisan capture of the judiciary were always meant to be a means to control the government and get their way by doing an end-run around democracy. "The Court has become a handmaiden to the corporate elites trying to increase their dominance over us." Opinion | It's Time to Admit This Right-Wing U.S. Supreme Court Is a Corrupt, Autocratic Tribune
The GOP and their wealthy benefactor's orchestration of a partisan capture of the judiciary were always meant to be a means to control the government and get their way by doing an end-run around democracy.
"The Court has become a handmaiden to the corporate elites trying to increase their dominance over us."
Opinion | It's Time to Admit This Right-Wing U.S. Supreme Court Is a Corrupt, Autocratic Tribune | Common Dreams -- JIM HIGHTOWER https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/supreme-court-is-corrupt
#PartisanCaptureOfJudiciary
#SupremePartisans
#JudicialEndRunAroundDemocracy
#GOPIsTheRichsTool
#WantTheirSerfsBack
#GOPHatesDemocracyQuestion: How many legs does a dog have if you count the tail as a leg? Answer: Four — calling the tail a leg doesn't make it one.
Likewise, calling a small group of partisan lawyers a "supreme" court doesn't make it one. There's nothing supreme about the six-pack of far-right-wing political activists who are presently soiling our people's ideals of justice by proclaiming their own antidemocratic biases to be the law of the land. On issues of economic fairness, women's rights, racial justice, corporate supremacy, environmental protection, theocratic rule and other fundamentals, these unelected, black-robed extremists are imposing an illegitimate elitist agenda on America that the people do not want and ultimately will not tolerate.
Indeed, the imperiousness of the six ruling judges has already caused the court's public approval rating to plummet, to a mere 38%, an historic low that ranks down there with former President Donald Trump, and threatens to go as low as Congress.
This has led to a flurry of officials attesting to the honesty and political impartiality of the reigning supremes. Unfortunately for the court, these ardent defenders were the six culprits themselves.
The "integrity of the judiciary is in my bones," pontificated Neil Gorsuch, who now stands accused of having lied to senators to win his lifetime appointment.
We don't have to accept rule by an illegitimate court.
"(We are not) a bunch of partisan hacks," wailed Amy Coney Barrett, a partisan extremist jammed onto the court in a partisan ploy by Trump in the last few hours of his presidency.
"Judges are not politicians," protested John Roberts, who became Chief Justice because he was a rabid political lawyer who pushed the Supreme Court in 2000 to reject the rights of voters and install George W. Bush as president.
As many of its own members privately admit, Congress has become a pay-to-play lawmaking casino — closed to commoners but offering full-service access to corporate powers.
But the Supreme Court is another government entity that's even more aloof from workaday people — and it has become a handmaiden to the corporate elites trying to increase their dominance over us. The six-member, right-wing majority on this secretive powerhouse now routinely vetoes efforts by workers, environmentalist, students, local officials, voters and all others who try to rein in corporate greed and abuses.
Appointed for lifetime terms, this autocratic tribune takes pride in being sealed off from democracy, even bragging that they make rulings without being influenced by special interests. But wait — in makeup and ideology, today's court majority is a special interest, for it consists of corporate and right-wing lawyers who've obtained their wealth and position by loyally serving corporate power. And far from now being isolated from moneyed elites, the judges regularly socialize with them and attend their closed-door political meetings.
There's even a special little club, called The Supreme Court Historical Society, that frequently reveals the cozy, symbiotic relationship that exists between today's judicial and corporate cliques. Such giants as Chevron, Goldman Sachs, AT&T and Home Depot pay millions of dollars to this clubby society, gaining notice by and the appreciation of the supremes. And, yes, these special interest gifts to the court are gratefully accepted, even when the corporations have active cases before the court, seeking favorable rulings from the very judges they're glad-handing at Society soirees.
Of course, the judges insist there's no conflict of interest, because this access to them is "open to all." Sure — all who can pay $25,000 and up to get inside! Yet the clueless judges wonder why their credibility is in the ditch. Remember, in America, The People are supreme! We don't have to accept rule by an illegitimate court. For reform, go to FixTheCourt.com.""
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CW: The GOP and their wealthy benefactor's orchestration of a partisan capture of the judiciary were always meant to be a means to control the government and get their way by doing an end-run around democracy. "The Court has become a handmaiden to the corporate elites trying to increase their dominance over us." Opinion | It's Time to Admit This Right-Wing U.S. Supreme Court Is a Corrupt, Autocratic Tribune
The GOP and their wealthy benefactor's orchestration of a partisan capture of the judiciary were always meant to be a means to control the government and get their way by doing an end-run around democracy.
"The Court has become a handmaiden to the corporate elites trying to increase their dominance over us."
Opinion | It's Time to Admit This Right-Wing U.S. Supreme Court Is a Corrupt, Autocratic Tribune | Common Dreams -- JIM HIGHTOWER https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/supreme-court-is-corrupt
#PartisanCaptureOfJudiciary
#SupremePartisans
#JudicialEndRunAroundDemocracy
#GOPIsTheRichsTool
#WantTheirSerfsBack
#GOPHatesDemocracyQuestion: How many legs does a dog have if you count the tail as a leg? Answer: Four — calling the tail a leg doesn't make it one.
Likewise, calling a small group of partisan lawyers a "supreme" court doesn't make it one. There's nothing supreme about the six-pack of far-right-wing political activists who are presently soiling our people's ideals of justice by proclaiming their own antidemocratic biases to be the law of the land. On issues of economic fairness, women's rights, racial justice, corporate supremacy, environmental protection, theocratic rule and other fundamentals, these unelected, black-robed extremists are imposing an illegitimate elitist agenda on America that the people do not want and ultimately will not tolerate.
Indeed, the imperiousness of the six ruling judges has already caused the court's public approval rating to plummet, to a mere 38%, an historic low that ranks down there with former President Donald Trump, and threatens to go as low as Congress.
This has led to a flurry of officials attesting to the honesty and political impartiality of the reigning supremes. Unfortunately for the court, these ardent defenders were the six culprits themselves.
The "integrity of the judiciary is in my bones," pontificated Neil Gorsuch, who now stands accused of having lied to senators to win his lifetime appointment.
We don't have to accept rule by an illegitimate court.
"(We are not) a bunch of partisan hacks," wailed Amy Coney Barrett, a partisan extremist jammed onto the court in a partisan ploy by Trump in the last few hours of his presidency.
"Judges are not politicians," protested John Roberts, who became Chief Justice because he was a rabid political lawyer who pushed the Supreme Court in 2000 to reject the rights of voters and install George W. Bush as president.
As many of its own members privately admit, Congress has become a pay-to-play lawmaking casino — closed to commoners but offering full-service access to corporate powers.
But the Supreme Court is another government entity that's even more aloof from workaday people — and it has become a handmaiden to the corporate elites trying to increase their dominance over us. The six-member, right-wing majority on this secretive powerhouse now routinely vetoes efforts by workers, environmentalist, students, local officials, voters and all others who try to rein in corporate greed and abuses.
Appointed for lifetime terms, this autocratic tribune takes pride in being sealed off from democracy, even bragging that they make rulings without being influenced by special interests. But wait — in makeup and ideology, today's court majority is a special interest, for it consists of corporate and right-wing lawyers who've obtained their wealth and position by loyally serving corporate power. And far from now being isolated from moneyed elites, the judges regularly socialize with them and attend their closed-door political meetings.
There's even a special little club, called The Supreme Court Historical Society, that frequently reveals the cozy, symbiotic relationship that exists between today's judicial and corporate cliques. Such giants as Chevron, Goldman Sachs, AT&T and Home Depot pay millions of dollars to this clubby society, gaining notice by and the appreciation of the supremes. And, yes, these special interest gifts to the court are gratefully accepted, even when the corporations have active cases before the court, seeking favorable rulings from the very judges they're glad-handing at Society soirees.
Of course, the judges insist there's no conflict of interest, because this access to them is "open to all." Sure — all who can pay $25,000 and up to get inside! Yet the clueless judges wonder why their credibility is in the ditch. Remember, in America, The People are supreme! We don't have to accept rule by an illegitimate court. For reform, go to FixTheCourt.com.""